Putting Up Numbers· college football

Bowling Green’s penalty yards with Austyn Dendy and without Austyn Dendy

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Bowling Green was 3.1 yards under with Austyn Dendy and 8.3 yards over without Austyn Dendy over its last 25 games, 11 games against 7. The plain averages are 52.1 and 60.6, a difference of 8.5.

Austyn Dendy, running back: 864 rushing yards, 212 carries and 9 receptions in 13 of those 25 games.

penalty yards a game over expected

A −11.4 difference in penalty yards over expected with Austyn Dendy vs without Austyn Dendy is about what you’d expect.

A −8.5 difference in penalty yards with Austyn Dendy vs without Austyn Dendy is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Bowling Green’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Austyn Dendy or without Austyn Dendy
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Nov 12, 2024vsWestern MichiganW3043.1
Nov 23, 2024@Ball StateW7947.3
Nov 29, 2024vsMiami (OH)L1046.2
Dec 26, 2024vsArkansas State (neutral)L5651.6
Aug 28, 2025vsLafayetteW37—
Sep 6, 2025@CincinnatiL2855.4
Sep 13, 2025vsLibertyW10649.1
Sep 20, 2025@LouisvilleL4362.1
Sep 27, 2025@OhioL5056.4
Oct 11, 2025vsToledoW5553.7
Oct 18, 2025vsCentral MichiganL12554.9
Oct 25, 2025@Kent StateL6658.0
Nov 1, 2025vsBuffaloL1556.4
Nov 8, 2025@Eastern MichiganL10363.1
Nov 18, 2025vsAkronL9059.9
Nov 25, 2025@UMassW1562.9
Sep 5, 2026vsTTarleton StateL65—
Sep 12, 2026@NebraskaL4956.4
Sep 19, 2026@Iowa StateL4253.9
Sep 26, 2026vsSouth FloridaL6646.3
Oct 3, 2026@Miami (OH)W6451.0
Oct 10, 2026vsSSacramento StateW25—
Oct 17, 2026vsBall StateL6052.2
Oct 24, 2026@BuffaloL1761.5
Oct 31, 2026@Western MichiganL4158.3

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 2.1 in 2025, minus 1.3 in 2026 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 45% in 2025, 27% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Lafayette, Tarleton State, Sacramento State have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Austyn Dendy nor without Austyn Dendy: Austyn Dendy had no game for the team that season, and sit out.